September 2009
19 posts
The Daily Beast and Perseus Book Group Launch Book... →
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What has the world around me come to…………..!!!????? I ask a very fine lady friend of mine “Hey…u free on the first friday of october? we will go first day first show to himesh’s movie…
Message on 'Gobal Warming and Glaciers retreating'... →
This is from an old friend I have not met in years, who saw my speech to the UN live in a screening in Seattle. When you have something passionate and from the heart to say, the Universe ensures the…
Images from a lost Glacier →
Rubbish at Rohtang. Did they destroy the glacier by ZZ category explosives ?
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me trying to be bird
Rohtang Pass, lost Glaciers and the hut that saved... →
i thought it was a dream. A fantasy of my mind. I was in high pass that was completely iced up, snow was thigh deep. The afternoon winds had picked up, and though we were warned not…
Swarovski's Passage by Shekhar Kapur and A R... →
Kedar has been one of my severest critics on this blog. And is never never afraid to express his point of view. So it’s nice to see that he really appreciated Passage, a short film I made for…
Oprah's Book Club Pick: Say You're One of Them by... →
The Lost Symbol Sells Over 2 Million Copies →
21st September - Global Wake Up call to world... →
Tonight I go to Rohtang Pass to speak live to the UN along with with Kofi Annan, and a bunch of other well known people from different walks of life across the world. I will be at the receding…
Raise your voice against Climate Change at the UN... →
Do you want to send the political leaders at the UN that are dithering about making the most fundamental changes that are required to save our planet ? If you do, then write back on this blog asap…
Death of a Chief Minister →
Everyone mourns the untimely death of Chief Minister of Andra Pradesh, Rajashekhara Reddy in a helicopter crash. But the related Media reports (if true) of Congress party workers scouring the state…
Why does 'the moment' not last ? →
In response to Kavita’s inspiring story of how she is meeting the challenges of battle against Cancer, Trupti asks a very valid question : “You live as routine…
You breath as routine.. One day…
Venice →
Voice of an Angel : Kavita Baliga →
If you listen to A R Rahman score from my short film Passage, you will hear the most extraordinary angelic voice singing an Aria and touch upon the highest and purest operatic notes. The voice…
In Venice with A R Rahman, David Adjaye and... →
Been traveling so I apologize for being off line for so long. I And then, like excercise, it is difficult to get back into a rhythm, part of which is writing the blog. Jet lag, the avalanche…
Fairy Tales Have Ancient Origins →
German Government Files Objection to Google Book... →
Brett Favre Bio Expected to Sell Well →
August 2009
40 posts
Cynicism, the line behind which the elite escape... →
Being a judge in India’s Got Talent was a real emotional experience for me not only because I discovered my roots that I had left behind, but the sheer odds that many of the participants overcame…
The search for the Self →
And He said to me : The search for the self is not
a search for peace
for if you want peace
take a pill
listen to great music
meditate or breath deeply
have sex
or make compromises …
new york's churning →
my view of new york at night
from deepak chopra’s apartment
no, I am not on drugs
but new york’s soul
exists in it’s churning
another view →
Sony Unveils New Wireless Ebook Reader →
Stephenie Meyer's Recommendation Sends Wuthering... →
Release Date For Ted Kennedy Memoir Moved Up →
A proud Mom on India's Got Talent: Richard and... →
Dear Mr. Kapur, I am Richard’s mother and have followed Ms. Bendre’s, Ms. Kher’s and your comments on every act. I believe every performer worked hard to achieve a dream - a goal .. be it the prize…
Government censors news on water riots over water... →
24th August 2010 The following item appeared on Google news and was immedietly suppressed : ” A water tanker carrying water to a building in the posh Malabar Hill was gheraoed (surrounded) by a mob…
Prince Dance Group wins India's Got Talent ! →
Congratulations to them for their incredible act, commitment, choreography, versatility and sheer will to fight all odds and come out on top. I can now admit without prejudice that they were, from…
Google removes korean malware alert from popular... →
Thankfully Google has removed the red alert from some of India’s popular blogsites including our own. I do not totally understand it, but apparently there was an attempt through a Korean website to…
Message from the Webmaster →
Many of you might have faced the problem of logging to the blog in the past two days. It so happened that a malicious code was injected into a few pages of the blog and Google bots marked this site…
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Mediocrity, sidey theaters and empty wallets….. Being in the midst of people who consider you a smart and suave guy makes u mediocre at the end.You reach home and realize you were good when…
The Battle of Stories →
I think India has great institutions. We also have great talent. And of course, we’ve got the brains, we’ve got the numbers, we’ve got initiative takers…. yeah, we’ve got a lot of things.
But…
Kaminey catapults Indian Cinema in modernity... →
The greatest thing about Vishal Bharadwaj’s kaminey is that you cannot work out why it is working. You cannot work out why you are laughing amidst the ugliness of violence in perhaps India’s first…
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Parent Avoids Bankruptcy →
Past but not quite passé →
Too much is made out of future and it’s so called mysteries….i am more in love with the past…isn’t it more fascinating to think about all the time one has spent so far…. 1.19 million minutes…
Swine Flu pandemic over in Mumbai →
Or so the State Government would have us believe. And the fickle Indian print and TV news media circus. Where the headlines three days ago were about how we are plunging headlong into the greatest…
The Chewing Gum Guy →
I didn’t even have a clue what “Entrepreneurship” really meant! Judging from how hard it was to pronounce it right the first time, I guessed that whatever it means, it must be something really…
This & That →
People always tend to glorify the past. Partly for hope & partly as an excuse in the event of things further deteriorating in the future. When I look back at my times at CEL, there have been…
Genius of AND, Tyranny of OR →
During my initial days at CEL, I used to wonder - what was so special about the concept (‘Genius of AND, Tyranny of OR’) that made these guys talk so much about it. It took me almost 2 years (by…
Cause of Courage →
“I believe the cause is important. Without a cause, there can be no meaning. Without a meaning, there can be no belief. Without a belief, there can be no courage to fight against oddities. And…
Strings & Stings →
One of the key challenges I’ve seen in CEL has been to efficiently pass on the gems learnt during one’s stay at CEL, to the next line of young blood taking over the reigns. As a result, successive…
Specialization →
One thing I’ve learnt from my few months at Vita Beans (my startup) is, how to ask the right questions (amongst zillions of other things). Assuming you have your reasons/intentions right, when you…
Democratizing Leadership →
How can a guy turn around an entire organization from the ‘learn about leadership’ mode to ‘practicing leadership’ mode within a span of months? - ask Abhilash. In an unfairly summarized way,…
Raising the Base →
I wonder why ‘raising the bar’ is so often & so strongly advocated, while ‘raising the base’ is hardly talked about. Even I had not heard of it until I realized during my term as CEL President that…
Presiden Obama to invite Shah Rukh Khan to a beer →
Having heard of many friend’s experiences, I completely empathize with Shah Rukh Khan’s experience at Newark Airport in the US. It is somewhat disturbing to suddenly be interrogated and made to feel…
Signed Copy of Mein Kampf Sold For 21,000 Pounds →
Infected →
Viral Fever. I think I’m feeling a’right now after 4 days. But what’s still not left me is another fever that has gripped me tight over the last few weeks. I’ve been reading quite a lot, discussing…
Independence day for whom ? →
Happy Independence day everyone ! And while we celebrate, lets give a thought to the idea of ‘equality of Independence’. Independence was the both the end and the beginning. The end of the rule of…
Why are we hiding our heads in the sand over Water... →
So the papers are full of news that the ground water table in northern India is being seriously depleted, and so it threatens destroy our agricultural output. Of course while the media may have just…